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Title: Axon can power Apollo mission to moon
Post by: Admin on March 25, 2009, 11:16:24 PM
Sparkfun has up an article describing the computing power aboard the Apollo moon mission . . . and my Axon is multiple orders of magnitude more powerful in every way!

http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/news.php?id=248 (http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/news.php?id=248)

But try programming a microcontroller using punch cards . . .

(http://www.sparkfun.com/tutorial/news/Apollo-0.jpg)
Title: Re: Axon can power Apollo mission to moon
Post by: Asellith on March 27, 2009, 02:53:57 PM
Does this mean SOR will start a massive community project to win the google lunar prize?
Title: Re: Axon can power Apollo mission to moon
Post by: Ryltar on March 27, 2009, 05:45:55 PM
Sounds like a plan, now who here is good with explosions?